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Abhishek Jha1, Mayank Patel1, Eva Baker2, Melissa K Gonzales1, Alexander Ling2, Corina Millo3, Marianne Knue1, Ali Cahid Civelek4, Karel Pacak1.
Abstract
We describe an unusual case of a 42-year-old female with an unresectable succinate dehydrogenase subunit B (SDHB)-related pterygopalatine fossa paraganglioma. She underwent somatostatin receptor imaging with 68Ga-DOTA(0)-Tyr(3)-octreotate (68Ga-DOTATATE) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), which showed uptake in the above mentioned tumor. Hence, the patient was started on octreotide, a cold somatostatin analog, and responded with tumor stabilization and improvement of clinical symptoms for 36 months since initiation of octreotide therapy. This case demonstrates the role of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in diagnostic localization and its subsequent role in treatment using cold somatostatin analog as a potential choice of therapy in the management of paraganglioma in an unusual location with limited therapeutic options. © This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply 2020.Entities:
Keywords: 177Lu-DOTATATE; 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT; Octreotide; PRRT; Paraganglioma; SDHB; SSTR; Somatostatin analog
Year: 2020 PMID: 32206131 PMCID: PMC7062954 DOI: 10.1007/s13139-019-00629-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucl Med Mol Imaging ISSN: 1869-3474